World: Indochina: Forging an Alliance

Forsaking the prescribed genteel toast, Indonesia's President Suharto
rose at a White House state dinner last week to deliver a strong
admonition. "Cambodia is now being engulfed in the fires of war.
Instead of the peace we hoped for, the threat of a new war is
spreading," said Suharto. "All efforts should be taken to prevent the
war from widening and to ensure the preservation of Cambodia's right to
sovereignty and neutrality." One way to do this, Indonesia's leader
went on, is "by effecting the withdrawal of all foreign forces from
Cambodian territory."